Warburg Pincus led an undisclosed Series C for Ambilight, a China-based new materials company focused on electrochromic (EC) components, with participation from Pagoda Investment and Cygnus Equity. Read more… Read More
The Carlyle Group, through its Carlyle Asia Partners V fund, agreed to acquire 100% of South Korea-based coffee chain A Twosome Place from Anchor Equity Partners. Read more… Read More
Valar Ventures led a USD20m Series A for Velocity, an India-based, revenue-based financing platform for e-commerce and D2C businesses. Read more… Read More
MBK Partners reached a USD1.8b final close for its second special situations fund. Read more… Read More
MassMutual Ventures led a USD4m pre-Series A for India-based healthtech Clinikk, with participation from Kunal Shah (Cred), Rohit M.A. (Cloudnine Hospitals), Anjali Bansal (Avaana Capital) and Stanford Angels.Existing investors Times Internet Group, EMVC, 500 Global and WEH Ventures followed on. Read more… Read More
Falcon Edge Capital’s Alpha Wave Ventures led a USD135m Series B for Mensa Brands, an India-based e-commerce brand aggregator, with participation from Prosus Ventures and follow-on from Accel Partners, Norwest Venture Partners and Tiger Global, at a reported USD1b valuation. Read more… Read More
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 acquired a 20% stake in Bangladesh-based payments app bKash at a reported USD2b valuation. Read more… Read More
A91 Partners reached a USD550m final close for its second fund. The vehicle will invest in 15 to 17 established Indian companies or those with a presence in the country in sectors including consumer goods and services, financial services, healthcare and technology. Read more… Read More
Rosetta.ai, a Taiwan-based AI technology company focused on fashion e-commerce, raised a USD2.4m pre-Series A led by Dr. Pehong Chen (BroadVision), with participation from 500 Global, Artesian VC, Angel To Venture Accelerator, Loyal VC and SOSV MOX. Read more… Read More
Chiratae Ventures and CDC Group led a ~INR2.83b (~USD38m) Series C for India-based digital trade financing network Vayana Network, with participation from Jungle Ventures, March Capital, Marshall Wace and domestic and international family offices. Read more… Read More
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